COMPRESS, COMPRESSED
ADJECTIVES
► POLYMICRIAN containing much within a small space; compressed → 1829 obs.
VERBS
► BAT to compress, to press down, to flatten → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAD to compress, to press down, to make dense and compact; to solidify by hammering; to cause to sink or settle down → 1736 Sc.
► SADDEN to compress, to make firm and hard; to stamp or beat down → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAM to compress or knead together → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THRIMBLE ► THRUMBLE to press, to compress, to squeeze; to crowd or heap together → 1589 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THRING \to compress, to press together, to squeeze; to crush, to bruise → 1300 obs.
► THRUM to compress, to condense → 1205 obs.
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